🌎 Discussion: Labor, Unions, and Workers' Rights

[blueharvest]

US Workers Are So Much Better Off Today Than 4 Years Ago—It's Not Even Close | Common Dreams

Here are some of the economic facts.

www.commondreams.org

 

[squeekness]

Amazon desperate to make themselves look worse and avoid unions giving their workers power.

They don't want to pay the slaves.

 

[blueharvest]

UPS faces backlash from extreme heat incidents: ‘I got flowers and that was it’

Driver Chris Begley’s death in August underscores a list of alleged heat-related incidents across Texas

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[Lily Adler]

Amazon desperate to make themselves look worse and avoid unions giving their workers power.

They care more about their robots than their workers.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[InCali]

And if I had any choice at all, they would no longer employ my children or me.

 

[Teelie]

Need to name and shame this company.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[squeekness]

But I thought having families was important?

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Games industry layoffs not the result of corporate greed and those affected should "drive an Uber", says ex-Sony president​

"Well, you know, that's life."

Games industry layoffs not the result of corporate greed and those affected should "drive an Uber", says ex-Sony president

Ex-Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president Chris Deering does not believe recent layoffs across the games industry…

www.eurogamer.net

 

[blueharvest]

United Auto Workers accused of retaliating against staff union effort

UAW Staff United says they have been ‘shut down’ for requesting same worker protections the union champions

www.google.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Google's AI Will Help Decide Whether Unemployed Workers Get Benefits

The state is working with Google on a first-of-its-kind generative AI system that will analyze transcripts from appeals hearings and issue a recommended decision in an effort to clear a stubborn backlog of claims.

gizmodo.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

United Auto Workers successfully unionizes Tennessee battery plant • Tennessee Lookout

Workers at a Tennessee Ultium plant voted last week to unionize with United Auto Workers, the second UAW success in the state in 2024.

tennesseelookout.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[Lily Adler]

JPMorgan just capped junior bankers’ hours—at 80 per week

This is in addition to the company’s existing guarantee of one full weekend off every three months.

fortune.com

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[squeekness]

Too bad they don't seem to be keeping up either how expensive groceries have gotten

 

[Sithborg]

Huh, surprised the cuckoo court didn't gut them instead.

 

[blueharvest]

Boeing workers vote to strike after rejecting pay deal

US Pacific north-west workers voted 96% in favor of the strike, which will begin at midnight

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Aldi announces wage increases up to $23 an hour; hiring thousands of employees

Last week Aldi announced that it would be hiring 13,000 new workers and raising minimum wages across the company.

www.usatoday.com

 

[blueharvest]